A lot of the internet is down right now

June 12, 2025
Large swaths of the internet went down on Thursday, affecting a range of services, from global cloud platform Cloudflare to popular apps like Spotify. At 11:19 am PT, Cloudflare said it was investigating service disruptions affecting its customers, according to its status page. At 12:12 pm PT, Cloudflare said it was starting to see its […]

Shoring up global supply chains with generative AI

June 12, 2025
The outbreak of covid-19 laid bare the vulnerabilities of global, interconnected supply chains. National lockdowns triggered months-long manufacturing shutdowns. Mass disruption across international trade routes sparked widespread supply shortages. Costs spiralled. And wild fluctuations in demand rendered tried-and-tested inventory planning and forecasting tools useless. “It was the black swan event that nobody had accounted for,…

Hotel management platform Canary nabs $80M Series D from YC, Insight Partners

June 12, 2025
Canary, the hotel guest management platform, announced Thursday the raise of an $80 million Series D in a round led by Brighton Park Capital.  Harman Singh Narula and childhood friend SJ Sawhney launched the company in 2018 to help hotels digitize and automate guest interactions. The company has raised nearly $180 million in funding to […]